Heidelberg toasts its 100,000th B1 press unit

Heidelberg has manufactured the 100,000th B1 printing unit for its CD and SM 102 series of Speedmaster presses.

Each of the printing units weighs 5.5 tonnes, meaning the company has produced more than half a billion tonnes of the units since the launch of the 102 format in 1975.

The German manufacturer said the 102 series was its most successful product, shoring up a 75% market share for long-perfecting presses and 50% for straight models.

The 100,000th unit will form part of a Speedmaster SM 102 perfecting press destined for the Danagards Grafiska printshop in Sweden.